(Sherlockiana). Rogow, RobertaTHE PROBLEM OF THE SURLY SERVANTNew York: St. Martin's Minotaur, (2001). 0312266383 / 9780312266387 First edition, first printing: Review copy, with publisher's materials laid in. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. In his 4th outing, Charles Dodgson publicly argues with a man suspected of a series of thefts at Christ Church College in Oxford. When the man is then murdered, Dodgson stands suspect. He and Arthur Conan Doyle set out to prove otherwise.
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15.00 USD

(Thomas, Ross). Bleeck, OliverNO QUESTIONS ASKEDNew York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Slight soiling to the page edges, ghost of an erasure to the black front endpaper, else a near fine copy; a near fine, mildly age-toned dust jacket. Professional go-between Philip St. Ives, short of funds, agrees to recover a rare book which has been stolen and is being ransomed for $250,000, in this fifth, and last Bleeck/Thomas novel.
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75.00 USD

Block, LawrenceTHE BURGLAR IN THE CLOSETNew York: Random House, (1978). 0394423747 / 9780394423746 First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin band of fading to the shelf edges, as usual, small drop of stain to the upper page edges at the headband, else fine; in a near fine, lightly rubbed and mildly nicked illustrated dust jacket with art by Emanuel Schongut. Second novel featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, a Manhattan burglar and bookseller who has a tendency to find corpses in the apartments he's burgling. Source for much of the plot of the Whoopi Goldberg movie, BURGLAR.
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200.00 USD

Block, LawrenceTHE BURGLAR WHO LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING(New York, New York): A Dutton Book, (1996). 0525941592 / 9780525941590 First reissue edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author! Hardcover. Fine in textured purple over bright yellow boards with gilt titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket. This edition is printed on acid-free paper. Bookstore owner and master thief Bernie Rhodenbarr becomes involved in the theft of a scarce Kipling book. "This is the classic bibliomystery of the 1970s."--John Ballinger.
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25.00 USD

Block, LawrenceTHE BURGLAR WHO TRADED TED WILLIAMS(New York): Dutton, (1994). 0525938079 / 9780525938071 First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in illustrated dust jacket; no remainder mark! Burglar/bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr returns after ten years to his burgling ways; Bernie is forced to meet a hefty increase in his rent, and then is framed for the theft of a million-dollar baseball card collection.
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20.00 USD

Brown, SandraENVY(New York): Warner Books, (2001). 0446527130 / 9780446527132 First edition: Review copy, with materials laid in. Hardcover. Very mild crimp to the lower spine edge, else fine; in a fine dust jacket. The author of more than 60 "page-turners" has here presented a literary thriller penned with dual narratives and interweaving plots. It is the story of a vengeful writer's attempt to destroy his former friend and editor--and of the woman between them.
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17.50 USD

Carter, AmandaWRITE ME A MURDER(New York, N.Y.): Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp., (1979). First edition, first printing: a paperback original. Zebra Mystery Puzzler #19. Mass market paperback. Very good plus, with light reading crease, spine crease; in illustrated wraps. Interactive bibliomystery about the murder of a crime novelist; this unusual series of PBOs plants clues in the cover art and interior illos, and the solution is secreted in a "sealed" final chapter. This copy's final chapter has been opened. Scarce!
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50.00 USD